Miguel Alvarez Wears a Wig

2012 16 min

Overview

A tragico-comedy about borders. Miguel Alvarez, a reliable and consistent middle-aged customs-officer at the border of Tijuana and San Diego is faced with the threat of having to cross the biggest border of all. He has cancer. Tijuana’s la Linea is the most crossed border in the world, and also one of the deadliest. Thousands have died trying to cross it illegally in search of a better life. However, Carlos, Miguel’s inventive coworker, has found another way of crossing over. Carlos invites Miguel to the DAY-OF-THE-DEAD Drag Show where he performs.

Genres

Comedy Drama

Production Countries

Greece
Mexico
United States of America

Spoken Languages

Spanish es

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Cast

Felipe Cortes

Maria Carlton

Jose A. Solorio

Eva Walker

Pasqual Torres

Crew

Araceli Lemos

Writer

Araceli Lemos

Director

Giulia Caruso

Producer

Posters

External Links

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